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0. J. TITTLE. Machine for RakingPot atoes.

' Patent ed April 14,186

I No. 76,851.

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DANIEL J. TITTLE, OF ALBANY,NEW YORKyASSIGNOR TO AB'BIEMI TITTLE,

. OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent'No. 76,851, dated April 14, 1 868.

IMPROVEMENT IN- MACHINE for. BAKING r'ora'ross.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. Trr'rm-z, of the city and county of Albany, State of New York, hare invented a new anduseful Machinefor Combing or Raking Potatoes, Turnips, Onions, and similar-shaped vegetable roots from out the soil and depositing them upon the surface; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmachine. a

Figure Qrepresents a vertical view from top of machine, with teeth set obliquely.

Figure 3 represents a ertical vierr fromtop ofmachine, with teeth set oblique from mm, "Figure-4 represents-a vertical view from top'of machine-,with teeth set so as to form a convex line of points. Figure 5 is across-section of a tooth.

Figure 6 represents a view from back of machine. 'lhenature of my invention consistsofconstructing a. comb or rake of a seriesot teeth placedabont one inch apart. more or lcss and securing them firmly togetherjn any ofthe posi tions shorrn audetheholeispeao 4 vided with a sing'leor crotch-beam, by which the machine isdrawn'. The machine is also provided with handles,

whereby it is guided by the person in attendance; I

With this machine drawn by one or two horses, potatoes, turnips, onions, and similar-shaped roots are easily and readily combed or raked out of the ground, by the-teeth entering and passing through the ground'beloir the roots-to be removed, and gently and gradually raising them to the surface, casting them back of the machine free from soil, where they may be readily gathered, or to one or both srues, as may be by the machine used.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention,-I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings and letters marked thereon, the same letters referring to like parts.

The machine rep resented in the"perspective.vicw, fig. 1, is composed of a number (say nine teeth, more or less,) of teeth, A A A, arranged and set about one finch apart, more or less. These-teeth, shaped as shown in fig. 5, are about twenty inches long, and may be made of wrought iron, castiron, malleable iron,'steel, or other suitable material. p v

The said teeth may also be set and arranged in positions, as .in figs. 2, 3, or 4', to suit the peculiaritiesjof' and circumstancesicorinected with the soil to be operated in, and are connected together and held firmly in posi tion by the two boltsb b, figss 2, 8, 4, 5, and 6, passing,though each andall of the said teeth, at or near their rear ends. These bolts b b also run through the shoulder-washers c c c, which are placedbetween the teeth .A A A, to keep them at proper distances apart; and when time arranged, the whole is tightened by moment.

the. screw-nuts c e atthe endsof the bolts 11 b, I

To draw'the machine, I furnish a suitable draught-beam, B, which may be made a crotch-beam, as shown in fig. 1, and by the dotted lines in figs. 2.and 4.-' The saiddraught-bcam B is connectedto one or more of the teeth A, at or near its rear end, near the ground, and back of the upper end of the teeth, asis shown lay-thedotted line in fig. '5, or they may he'cast solid, with the two second teeth from the side. The said draw-beam is also provided with a suitable hook 'at its front end, to which the double-tree is to be attached. I The handles H H, figs. 1 and 2, may he provided by casting them solid to the draw-beam, or may be bolted on or -otherwise fastened in a suitable and firm manner. I

To use and operate'this machine, it is, drawn by onexor more horses, properly hitched to at by the hook on the end of the beam B, and, as the machine isfd rawn along,-the points of the teeth A A enter the ground below the motto be taken out, and by the constant forward movement the roots are gently and gradua ly loosened I from the soil and raised up. The soil and the dirt at the same-time pass through between the teeth A A, while the roots are carried up and over the rear end of themachine, and drop down behind, on the surface of the ground,

or are carried wholly or toon side, as by machine, Ifig. 2, or to both sides, as by machine, fig. .3; e

:Maehin'es, figs. .l and 4, are adopted to light ham or sandy soil, while meehines,'figs. 2 and 3, are adapted to heavier or stony soil, where greater resistance would be ofiered.

The advantagesettending the use of this machine for raising potatoes, onions, tnrnipstand similnr roots from their soil are these:

First. The roots ezm'be raised, freedfronn the soil, and deposited on the suri'ace of the ground without injury to them. i Second. The necessity of removing the tops of weeds from the ground to be worked in is overcome, as the machine cannot clog with tlwm.

Third. The resistance offered to the horses is less than that offered toa. plough or the heavy-gear machines now used.

Fourth. The soil will be thoroughly raked and ioosened'up to a good depth, and fitted to receive a graincr'op without the necessity of bein'g ploughed.

Having described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I claim a rootcomhor rake, constructed of a number of teeth, A A, of shape shown in fig. 5, arranged in position and secured as described, and operated with a single or crotch-beam, B, orits eqnivalent, and provided with one or morehandlcs, H H, its set forth and described.

r DANIEL J. TITTLE. Witnesses:

ALEX. SELKIRK,

GEORGE M. Looms. I 

